Neville Goddard on Matthew 26:69-75 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 26 in context

Scripture Focus

69Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

70But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

71And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

Matthew 26:69-75

Biblical Context

Peter denies Jesus three times in the crowd, then remembers His word and weeps bitterly. The scene marks a turning from fear to remorse and readiness for repentance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Peter's denying speech is not a failure of a man, but an indication that your own consciousness has wandered from the awareness of the I AM within. The damsels and the bystanders are inner voices of fear and social self, testing whether you truly stand in the presence of Jesus the Christ inside. When Peter swears, 'I do not know the man,' the ego clutches to a separated identity. Then the cock crow is the inner reminder that what you deny persists only as long as you resist the truth of your own true self. The moment he remembers the word of Jesus, the old self-state shatters, and he goes out weeping, not as punishment but as the release of a false self into the light of faith. In your life, the denials disclose the boundary where you can rewrite your identity. You are not two; you are the I AM experiencing a passing scene. By reoccupying the state of Christ-consciousness, by choosing to 'know' the Man within, you reverse the memory and awaken to forgiveness and reconciliation.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the Christ-present state as real now, saying 'I am with Jesus in me.' Feel the memory of denial dissolve into recognition and forgiveness, letting your true self return to center.